Starch-table.



W. BARTHOLOMEW & C. M. LEARY.

STARCH TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. Ia. 1913.

1,21 1,385. Patnted Jan. 9, 19N. JZ

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,//QZ J5- srarns Pri-Tenn nro-f WILL- mnt BARTHonoiviEW AND CHARLES iu. LEARYoEcHIcAeo; immers, AssreNoRs 10 TROY LAUNDRY MACHINERY COMPANY,` LTD., OFGHIGAGO, ILLINOIS, A COIRIPOfr :RATION 0F NEW vom;

To all whom #may concern:

Be itY known .that we, WILLIAM BAn'rHoLo- MEW and CHARLns M. LEARY, citizens of theV United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveV invented certain new and useful1 Improvements in Starch-Tables, of which the following is a specification. Y*

Our invention relates in general to laundry apparatus, and more particularly to a table for facilitating the starching of articles, and especially portions of garments, such, for instance, as the attached cuffs of shirts.A

In order to efficiently apply starch to laundried articles thelstarchshould'be maintained at asubstantiallyy constantV predetermined temperature, so as to have the proper consistency. to'uniformly. saturate the.- arti-r clesdipped therein. Heretofore, in starching articles by hand, it has been customary to heat the starch in a receptacle placed on a stove until it assumes the desired consistency, and'to then; removevthe receptacle fromthe stove and dip the articles in the starch. As the starchnecessarily gradually cools, this practice requires the frequent return of the receptacle-to the stove, whichy interrupts the work'ofstarching.

The primary object of our invention is to I provide a. starching table having therein a receptacle lfor-containing the starch, and'la jacket surroundingvth'e.v receptacle, through which a heating medium circulates to constantly maintain the starch at-the temperature necessaryto keep itin the -proper fluid condition.

A, further, object of our -invention is 4to provide a. starching table having therein a starch-containing receptacle surrounded by a heating jacket, the-table-being also provided with: a ridge above the surface'thereof aroundthe receptacle therein, soas to prevent; other portions lof the garments on the tablepslifppinginto thereceptacle than the portions-'whichitisdesired to starch.

Ourinvention will 'be more fullyv disclosedV hereinafter with reference tothe accompanying drawing, in which' the-same is illustrated as :en ibodiedin4 convenient land practical iform, and ,in which-'-- Figure l is aeverti-calsection and vFig.V 2 a planview;

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` designate similar able stuiten-TABLE.

1 vPaia-interi.aan.,9,1917.

Application led AprililS, 19131.v Serial N o. 762,069.

Similar reference characters are used to parts in the two figures of the drawings. 1

which may be supported in any convenient manner, as by. means of legsa;

A indicates a covering for the upper surface of the-table, which ispreferably made of sheet? metal'. l

B designates a receptacle. forcont'aining the starch, such receptacle being located withinan opening in the table, and preferably projecting a shorty distanceabove the upper surface thereof. The vreceptacle-By is Reference character-*A indicates a, table, l

preferably divided into two or more vcom-v partments by means of'v one or more partitions, such as' indicated at B. Itis desirthat differenty articles.' should' be starcliedto different degrees, and vhenceby dividing the receptacle into compartmentsl starch` of different degrees of fluidity may. be available, in which the different' kinds of articles maybe dipped' according to thedegree o f'stiflness whichit is desired to mpart to the articles. j

vC designates a jacket surroundingthe receptacle B and Vforming in conjunction therewith a space around therside and bottom walls of the receptacle, to whichl a heating medium is supplied to maintain the sta-rch contained in the receptacle .at the temperature necessary tol maintain the same.

inithe desired consistency. Theupper'edge ofthe jacketI C projectsv above the'top of the table and is curvedf'inwardly and'united to the upper edge of thesurrounding wall ofthereceptacle.` Y

D] designates a conduit extending through' thel jacket C and secured thereto in, any

suitable manner to. prevent leakage.

between the jacket andthe bottomy wall of A' smaller conduit'4 0l :extends within they spa-ceI thereceptacle and communicates with the medium, such, for instance, assteam, is supplied .through the conduit D from anyv suitable sou`rce," and is. delivered from the inner endfof'the small'conduit d to the space beand is secured'theretov by suitablemeans-toA prevent leakage. The'outer end ofthe con- .inn'er end ofthe conduit YD. Theheating icov duit E communicates with the interior of an overflow F, into which extends a vertical discharge conduit G. The upper end g of the discharge conduit G is located at a height desired for the level of the heating medium in the jacket C. A short cylinder H surrounds the upper end g of the discharge conduit G' and is secured at its lower end within the upper end of the overflow F. The cap K,.having an outlet hole 7 for the escape of steam, is secured to the upper end of the cylinder H.

In order to permit the discharge of the starch from the receptacle B, a conduit depends ldownwardly from and communicates f with each of the compartments of the receptacle. L indicates one of such conduits depending from one of the compartments of the receptacle, and L2 a similar conduit depending froma second compartment. Such conduits are made of copper and are soldered at their upper ends around the openings through which they extend in the bottom wall of a receptacle, as indicated at Z and Z2. The conduits L and L2 extend through holes in the bottom wall of the jacket C, and depending portions thereof are surrounded by exterior screw-threaded brass nipples M M2, which are suitably united, as by means of solder, to the bottom wall of the jacket, as indicated at m and m2. N and N2 indicate stop cocks secured to the lower ends of the brass nipples M and M2 for controlling the passage-ways through the starch discharge conduits L and L2.

The operation and manner of usingk our Vimproved starching table are as follows:

Starch of the proper consistency is placed within the receptacle B, and when the re ceptacle is provided with compartments the starch supplied to the different compartments is of different degrees of fluidity. The heating medium, such, for instance, as steam, is supplied to the .conduit D and is discharged from the inner end vof the conduit l to the space between the jacket C and the side and bottom walls of the receptacle. The steam condenses so that the water of condensation fills such space and is kept at they proper temperature by the continuous discharge of steam thereinto. When ythe water of condensation reaches the desired level within the jacket, it has also reached the level at the top g of the water discharge conduit G and then flows downwardly through such conduit. Any steam which may also pass through the conduit E to the interior of the overflow F rises through the short cylinder H and escapes through the opening 7c of the cap When it is desired to remove the starch from the receptacle the stop cocks N and N2 are turned to open positions so as to permit the starch to flow downwardly from the several compartments of the receptacle through the discharge conduits L and L2. The projection of the top of the receptacle above the surface of the table forms a ridge around the receptacle above the plane of the upper surface of the table, which prevents the slipping of the portions of the garments into the receptacle adjacent those portions which are to be starched and which are consequently allowed to depend over such ridge into the receptacle. attached to shirt sleeves are to be starched the shirt is laid upon the table with the cus depending within the receptacle. rlhe portions of the sleeves adjacent the cuffs overlie the ridge .around the receptacle,.which tends to prevent the sleeve also slipping into the receptacle.

From the foregoing description, it will be observed that we have invented an improved starching table, the use of which facilitates the starching of articles, inasmuch as the starch is constantly maintained at the temperature necessary to produce the desired consistency, thereby avoiding the interruption in the operation of starching articles i.,

which is necessarily incident to the intermittent heating of the starch. It will be further observed that our invention permits the dipping of the portions of the articles which it is desired to starch without liability of the adjacent portions of the articles, which it is designed not to starch, slipping into the starch.

l/Ve claim Y l. The combination with a table, of a starch containing receptacle located in an opening inthe top of the table in a position to leave an adjacent part of the top of the table to form a supporting surface for portions of articles which are not to be starched, a jacket surrounding said receptacle, means for supplying a heating medium to the space between said jacket and receptacle, and an outletconduit leading from the bottom of said receptacle for discharging the starch w,

therefrom.

2. The combination with a table, of a starch containing receptacle located in an opening in the top of the table, a jacket surrounding said receptacle and permanently For instance, when the cuffs secured thereto as well as to the top of the M table, a guard ridge surrounding the open top of the receptacleand projecting above the upper surface of the table for retaining the articles in position with portions depending into the receptacle and other portions resting upon theadjacent' surface of the top ofthe table, and means for supply ing a heating medium to the space between said jacket and receptacle.

3. rlhe 'combination with a table, of a starch containing receptacle located .in an opening in the top of the table, a jacket surrounding said receptacle and projecting through the opening in the table to which it is secured, means for supplying a heating medium to the space between said jacket and receptacle, and means for automatically maintaining a predetermined level of the heating medium in the jacket. e

fl. The combination with a table, of a vstarch containing receptacle located in an opening in the top of the table, a jacket surrounding said receptacle, an inlet conduit for supplying steam to said jacket, an outlet conduit communicating with said jacket, an overflow casing with which said outlet conduit communicates, a water discharge pipe extending into saidl casing to the height of the water lever desired in said jacket, and means for permitting the escape of steam from said overflow casing.

5. A table for the starching by hand of laundried articles comprising a starch containing receptacle located in an opening in the top of the table, a jacket completely surrounding and secured to said receptacle and projecting through the opening in the` table top, a partition in said receptacle dividing the interior thereof into compartments, means for permitting the separate discharge of starch from each of said compartments, and means for supplying a heat-V ing medium to the` space between said jacket and receptacle.

6. In a device for facilitating the starch- 4ing of laundried articles, the combination with a table, of a starch-containing receptacle located in an opening in the top of said table and projecting above the upper surface thereof and secured thereto above the table top for retaining articles in position with portions depending into said receptacle and other portions resting upon the adjacent surface of the table top, a jacket surrounding said receptacle, and means for supplying a heating medium to the space between said jacket and receptacle.

7. In a device for use in starching laundried articles, the combination with a receptacle for containing the starch, of a table surrounding said receptacle upon which the articles to be starched are placed with portions thereof depending within said receptacle, a jacket surrounding the side and bot- 8. In a table for the hand starching of articles, the combination of a pluralityrof starch-containing chambers depending below the top of the table and having their upper edges projecting above the surface 'of the table to retain articles under treatment ".n position with portions `thereof hanging downwardly within said chambers and with the remaining portions of the articles lying on the adjacent surface of the table top, and a single `jacket permanently secured to and completely surrounding said chambers for containing a heating medium to maintain the starch within said chamber in a predetermined consistency.

9. A table for'the hand-starching of articles comprising a receptacle located in an opening in the top of and permanently secured to the table in a position to leave an adjacent part of the top of the table to form a supporting surface for portions of wall of said receptacle projecting above the upper surface of the table for retaining articles in position with portions thereof depending into the receptacle,l a jacket surrounding said receptacle and secured thereto adjacent its top, a partition in said receptacle dividing the same into compartments, means forl permitting the separate discharge of starch from each of said compartments, and means for supplying a heating medium to the space between said jacket and receptacle for maintaining the starch in said compartments at a predetermined consistency.

In testimony whereof, we have subscribed our names.

Witnesses:

D. S. MAURIS, J. HOERMANN.

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